Former French international Franck Ribéry withdrew from professional football in October 2022 in the Italian club Salernitana. In a recent interview with L'équipe, the Frenchman revealed that his 18-year career ended prematurely because of a knee injury infection that his leg could have seen amputated. Ribéry revealed that his knee “had no cartilage anymore”, despite the fact that a first operation went well with a metal plate that was inserted. “Then I had a bad infection that had given me away,” said the former attacker of Marseille, Fiorentina and Bayern Munich. Moet five months later, the plate had to be removed. “I took tablets for two months, the board was removed, but the infection had eaten me. It was so bad that I had holes in my leg. I had got Staphylococcus aureus.” “I was in the Emergency Department in the hospital in the hospital in Austria for twelve days. I was really scared. They could have cut my leg,” Ribéry ended. The Frenchman had scored 176 goals and registered 211 assists in 784 games during his career. He also won 24 titles, including 10 Bundesligas and a Champions League. However, he enjoyed less success with Les Bleus and did not win any titles with his international side, despite the fact that he can be seen in the World Cup final with France in 2006. GFFN | George Boxall
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